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You know, Gus was a ‘bit’ right… This levelpack deserves a three, at least…
Starting Comments
I thought I could use some relaxation after a whole day of immense heat… I shouldn’t have.
Gameplay: Not worth the rating
This levelpack is really, really annoying. You start off in an… ‘intro’ level. After you’ve read the signs, you move on! Well, woohoo! That was worth it! Then, you’ll end up in a supposedly ghetto street in New York… There are 5 skyscrapers… IN A GHETTO… And there’s a train standing still and even a highway! This is the richest ghetto I’ve ever seen! Ah well… After you took a look around ‘New York’, you get a mission… Nobody knows why, but Jazz Jackrabbit, intergalactic super hero gets the mission to recover library books, dive in a sewer, stop a train, rescue the mayor (why does it always have to be the mayor…?) and more useless tasks that the police could have done anyway. It IS New York, after all.
Every time you finish a level, you get warped back to the exact same New York level, with the exception of a new exit, new text signs and SOMETIMES even different weather!
The ‘missions’ in general are bland, easy and annoying. Gus has a favourite way of climbing and descending in a part of a level, it seems… He always uses the same structure of ‘staircases’, fills them up with Tuff Turtles and copy+pastes that for a dozen of times.
Furthermore, there are several parts which Jazz can’t even fully reach…
Atmosphere: Somebody call a doctor, I’m going to get sick…
Virtually, none. The only thing giving you the city feel is the Townsville tileset, which is actually ABUSED by Gus in every way possible. He uses good tiles in bad places and the other way around. He uses Textured background tiles for windows, while there are perfectly good window tiles. Gus also likes to use the back- and foreground layers are simple as possible: Blank. There are a few exeptions, though, although they are not worth mentioning because of their ‘basic’ content.
The music was missing. Not included in the pack, no link was left in the description, no music at all…
Eventing: I don’t wanna talk about it…
Let’s just put it like this:
- Loads of bad guys
- Loads of triggers
- Loads of pick ups
- Lack of puzzles
- Lack of enviromental eventing
- Lack of good ideas
Originality: Virtually none…
That’s right… This ‘episode’ is in NO way original… Not even the ‘boss’ is original… Tileset bosses have been done before… Better than this one, at least… You just enter the robot and get warped out again…
Bonusses and substractions
You will not get a bonus for anything in this whole levelpack. You won’t get a substraction either, because I won’t give you a score below 1.
Overall
This pack is not worth playing. It is a pure waste of time, seriously. You’re better off playing the original JJ2 levels.
Download Recommentdation
No… Frigging… Way.
Further Comments
Just to make sure, I think Gus and Ischa know eachother very well… It seems as if they give eachother higher scores. Please, don’t do that… You know how frustrating it is when you look for a GOOD level and you get overrated crap like this? It IS frustrating… Quit it, now, or may the rats nibble your toes until eternity has reached a new age!
[Signature images are disallowed on J2O ~Cooba]
